Forty-six shorts selected from a total of 1,800 submissions from 86 countries to compete in the Short Film Grand Competition at the Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film.
Classic Warner Bros. Animation characters return in new artist-driven shorts during the Opening Ceremony at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019.
The 2019 Brussels International Animation Film Festival dedicated its closing ceremony to the innovative Dutch filmmaker, writer and musician, who passed away on March 7.
Prolific mixed-media artist behind the animated short film ‘Mind My Gap’ trilogy and ‘Thee Wreckers’ tetralogy’ succumbed to cancer at age 50.
‘Buñuel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles’ director Salvador Simó, Amsterdam production studio Submarine, and German distributor Sola Media honored at 21st edition of European pitching and co-production event for animated features.
Films, series and transmedia properties with topics ranging from edutainment, comedy, adventure stories and fantasy for kids to historical and political material, animated documentaries, satire and science fiction to be presented at Germany’s leading animation business platform.
New ‘Rapture of the Deep’ trailer, created by students at the Filmakademie‘s Animationsinstitut for the FMX Immersive Media track, is now online.
Family comedies remain the focus of CARTOON MOVIE projects, with 44 family-focused projects comprising 67 percent of the total projects to be presented at this year’s event.
‘Funan,’ ‘Pachamama,’ ‘Chequered Ninja,’ ‘Luis and the Aliens’ among the nominees; 900 animation professionals attending Cartoon Movie will vote on the winners to be announced on March 7.
Toei Animation’s Yôichi Kotabe to serve as Guest of Honor; Studio Ponoc’s short film anthology ‘Modest Heroes’ to receive French premiere.
French illustrator and graphic designer adopts Japanese printing conventions to spotlight this year’s guest country of honor.
Media and entertainment trade union BECTU calls for new industry code of practice to better protect freelance workers when companies go into administration.
VFX producer Becca Scott and VFX supervisor James Rustad to oversee new Montréal studio.
Michel Ocelot’s ‘Dilili in Paris’ wins César Award for best animated film; Turkish independent animator Ayce Kartal is awarded for best animated short film.
Animated feature co-written and directed by Salvador Simó and produced by Manuel Cristobal arrives in North American theaters later this year.
Dystopian drama employing 2D, 3D and stop-motion animation has screened at more than 120 festivals around the world, winning 31 awards including the Cristal for a graduation film at Annecy 2017.
Noted Oscar-winning production designer will be joined by Patrick Hanenberger from ‘The LEGO Movie 2’ in sharing their latest work.
Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef’s award-winning stop-motion animated film set in Belgium-occupied Congo to be accompanied by their short film ‘Oh Willy...’ and Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s ‘The Burden.’
CG-animated feature directed by Lino DiSalvo and produced by ON Animation Studios is the first film inspired by the famous German toy figures.
Highlights from 26th event edition include GameZone interactive installations, a new immersive media and pop culture conference, a special track on Science, Games and Animation and numerous premieres and screenings.
25 animation projects from seven countries will vie for honors in nine categories at the April 6 ceremony, being held on the island of Tenerife, Spain.
Ben Whishaw returns as beloved voice of Paddington in new CG-animated preschool series set to air in 2020.
Free-flowing non-narrative short from the writer and director of 2018’s ‘Solar Walk’ traverses the universe in three separate chapters, depicting an ensemble cast of celestial bodies and otherworldly creatures in various states of attraction toward one another.
Industry’s first such master’s degree course, developed with mentors Blue Zoo and The Third Floor, is set to launch this coming November.
Stop-motion animated film set in the late 19th century in the bitter milieu of Belgium-occupied Congo opens theatrically in Los Angeles on March 1.
